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A bag contains red,blue,and green marbles in the ratio of 7:6:8. If the bag contains 147 marbles, how many red marbles are there?

User Shonte
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I believe it is 49
Because when you divided 147 by 3 you get 49.
User Oguz Bilgic
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Answer:

49

Explanation:

7:6:8 so 7+6+8=21

147 divided by 21 is 7

so 1 ratio equals 7

red = 7 so its gonna be 7x7=49

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